From: "Brian West" <brian at bkw dot org>:
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Personally if the copyright holder of a GPL software such as Asterisk or any GPL software allows someone to violate the GPL then allow them to skid by is setting a bad precedent for the GPL. I think if you find a GPL violation you must stand up and make an example out of said company. If a copyright holder doesn't standup and say something that only weakens the GPL's power. The GPL is still untested in the court system.
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IANAL but you can make any changes you want provided you do not distribute/sell the changed software without making the changed code available. And AFAIK *Available* does not mean "ship with". Available can mean download, CVS or other means. Distribution is what triggers the GPL. And use within a company does not, I believe, constitute distribution.
I also think GPL violations are rare. But there was a highly publicized alleged violation by Cisco/Linksys:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/6/7/164
To be honest I don't even know the end of that story (if it has ended)... probably some bureaucratic snafu.
Regards,
-- Jason Becker Director & CEO Coalescent Systems Inc. 403.244.8089 www.voxbox.ca _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
